Taiwan’s absence from ICAO creates gap in aviation network: CAA

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/24
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Joseph Yeh

Montreal, Sept. 23 (CNA) A top Taiwanese aviation official has warned that Taiwan's exclusion from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has created a major gap in the global aviation network as the ICAO Assembly prepares to meet starting on Sept. 24.

Speaking in Montreal, Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Deputy Director Ho Shu-ping (何淑萍) said that as one of the 300-plus flight information regions around the world, the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) has been an "inseparable part" of the global aviation community.

According to the CAA, the Taipei FIR served more than 1.75 million flights and 68.9 million passengers in 2018.

Taiwan's exclusion from the ICAO has created a gap in the global aviation network and is contrary to the United Nations-affiliated body's own objective of a "seamless sky" and ICAO efforts to promote international civil aviation development and services, Ho said.    [FULL  STORY]